Subscriber of the Gods Chapter 231 - You Picked the Wrong Opponent

“Ughhhh!”

The 9th Apostle Samir was helplessly overwhelmed by Ethan’s sudden attack.

It was Ethan’s 4th Sword Technique, imbued with the power of Counter Radiance and Immortal Hero’s Breathing.

It was an attack that could neither be blocked nor dodged.

‘He’s already seen through all my movements.’

The 9th Apostle collapsed forward with a fatal wound.

The distinctive long red hair.

It was clearly the 9th Apostle Samir Wiki.

Though he seemed dead from Ethan’s attack, Ethan did not lower his sword.

Instead, he prepared for another strike.

‘He’s not dead.’

Thump-!

Samir’s body, which had fallen with a fatal wound, began to twitch.

As if someone was manipulating him with strings, his limp left and right arms moved, and Samir slowly rose to his feet.

At the same time, the diagonal gash across his body bubbled and healed instantly.

Superhuman Ability – Cat’s Life

‘They say cats have nine lives, don’t they?’

This superhuman ability wasn’t simply having nine lives.

‘The lives replenish after a day passes. So you have to kill him nine times within a day to actually kill him.’

Samir possessed such an ability.

Glaring at Ethan with a terrifying expression, Samir spat out blood with a “Ptui!”

“Damn it. So it was you. You were the one who disrupted and interfered with all our council’s plans. You were also involved in my work in Ivecar. You were the one who interfered when we tried to kidnap Felix’s children! That’s why you’ve come here.”

‘So the 9th Apostle was in charge of the Ivecar side.’

If that was the case, it was actually fortunate. If he dealt with the 9th Apostle Samir who was in charge of Ivecar, the Ivecar side would be safe for a while.

“So you were in charge of Ivecar, Samir.”

When Ethan acted like he knew him, Samir’s expression completely hardened.

He could understand Ethan mentioning the Dawn Council.

But he never expected Ethan to know his exact identity.

Even the First Order members don’t know the Apostles’ true faces.

Only a select few among those they serve know the Apostles’ real faces.

The 9th Apostle in particular had always hidden his appearance in front of his subordinates.

It was the same now. This wasn’t his true form. Despite that, the fact that Ethan recognized his identity meant Ethan’s intelligence was far superior to what he had anticipated.

“Where…”

Who sent this guy?

No, who raised him? For someone with such outstanding intelligence, he must be the work of core figures among the officials of the Holy Empire or Demon Empire.

“You must be wondering who I am. And you’re probably thinking, ‘Unless he’s a fool, he wouldn’t show that he knows so much.'”

“…!”

“The reason I deliberately acted like I knew is simple. I have no intention of letting you leave here alive.”

Ethan said.

“Eight more times. I’ll make sure to kill you completely.”

Samir’s heart raced violently as Ethan accurately mentioned even his superhuman ability.

He had certainly died once due to carelessness. But at the same time, he wondered:

Even if he hadn’t been careless, could he have dodged or blocked that attack just now?

“You say you’ll kill me eight times? Go ahead and try. If you can.”

Samir discarded his weak thoughts.

This was his domain.

Within the declared domain, Samir could become as strong as he wanted.

In a place where one could become as strong as they believed, Samir believed in himself.

That he could win.

Shaaaah-.

Soon, the moonlight from the sky above shone upon him.

“Oh Moon Mother…”

That intense moonlight poured down like a waterfall onto where Samir and Ethan stood.

Crack-!

Suddenly, the sound of bones breaking began to come from Samir’s body.

Blood vessels bulged in his muscles, and an even greater power took root in Samir.

“Luna Break.”

Samir’s body had grown at least twice as large as before.

Not only that. The powerful mana emanating from his body was fierce enough to tear apart anyone standing before him.

Shing-.

Then Samir drew a curved blade as curved as a crescent moon.

It was so huge that it could rightfully be called a great curved blade.

Just as Samir was about to swing the curved blade, he sensed something strange.

“…What’s this?”

Samir frowned as he looked at Ethan.

Shaaaah-.

The moonlight descending from the sky.

The Moon Mother’s moonlight that had made Samir stronger was now enveloping Ethan as well.

It looked as if that moon was blessing Ethan.

Samir stared blankly at the sight.

“I had a hunch this might happen.”

Just as the Moon Mother bestows power through moonlight as a medium, Moonforce also bestows power to its believers through moonlight as a medium.

Regarding this, Ethan had formed a hypothesis.

If they use the common medium of the moon to bestow power, aren’t the powers of Moonforce and the Moon Mother surely derived from the same root?

But this was just a hypothesis.

When Ethan played MePan, he didn’t obtain the job of Moonforce’s Descendant, so he only thought about this hypothesis in his head without actually testing it.

Moreover, when he dealt with the 12th and 11th Apostles, he had never received the Moon Mother’s moonlight like this.

“Since Moonforce and the Moon Mother ultimately use the same power as a medium. I once thought they might have the same root.”

Ethan said.

“Looks like I was right.”

The hypothesis he had only thought about in his head was now being realized exactly as he imagined.

“What…”

Samir’s hands shook violently.

It wasn’t just that it looked like Ethan was being blessed.

Ethan was actually being strengthened by the blessing’s power.

Just as had happened to himself, Ethan was also being empowered by the moonlight.

And it wasn’t just a simple empowerment.

He was accepting the moonlight perfectly, and his presence was tremendous.

The power of moonlight could even be felt from the two swords he was holding.

Samir couldn’t help but tremble at the look in Ethan’s eyes.

Ethan’s empowerment seemed far more powerful than his own.

“How can you…”

How can you accept that moonlight?

“How can I sense the Moon Mother’s energy from you?! How on earth can you use the power of moonlight…!”

Ethan had expected this to some extent. But when his expectation became reality, even Ethan was greatly surprised inside.

Perhaps because it was moonlight of the same origin, there was no rejection. Rather, he felt exhilarated as if using the power of Moonforce.

‘This feels good.’

Since Ethan had entered this unique space, the 9th Apostle had been constantly flustered.

‘If I were the 9th Apostle, I would have been flustered too.’

The power of the Moon Mother that he used for his own empowerment was strengthening his opponent as well?

Anyone’s mind would go blank at something that had never happened before.

‘Now he’ll become enraged.’

“You damned bastard.”

‘And then he’ll attack.’

Crack-!

Samir swung his great curved blade as if striking upwards from below.

Instantly, an enormous shockwave engulfed Ethan.

“I don’t know how you blocked my unfailing strike. But can you block this too?”

Even after seeing Ethan grow stronger, Samir was unable to make a proper judgment. It was understandable. After all, this was a unique space that Samir had created himself.

In a unique space, the caster was king.

Ethan’s eyes flashed as he watched Samir charging at him.

Thanks to the Eye of Horus and Sleeping Dragon’s Sight, he could see the numerous choices Samir would make, like afterimages. Ethan gripped his Frost Sword and Thunder Sword tightly at that foresight.

“You wouldn’t know. How much I’ve accumulated just to avoid death.”

The power Ethan had accumulated until now was for survival.

Power built up with the sole intention of staying alive. The moonlight’s power added to that was now fully concentrated in his two swords.

With his current power, he could kill with a single attack.

“Hoo.”

Exactly eight times.

Ethan intended to kill Samir eight times in one breath.

In the slowed time of bullet time, Ethan moved his body.

‘It’s light.’

When using bullet time, the body becomes heavy. It’s because you’re moving by compressing speed. But right now, Ethan’s body felt extremely light.

‘There’s a synergy effect!’

The powers of Moonforce and the Moon Mother resonated.

“Hup.”

Using Counter Radiance followed by Immortal Hero’s Breathing, Ethan thrust his sword into Samir’s path.

Stab-.

Once through the heart.

Once through the neck.

Ethan slashed Samir exactly eight times.

“Ughh, ughhhhh!”

As bullet time ended, time flowed normally again.

Samir, who had been slashed eight times in that short moment, coughed up blood.

Clutching his neck, Samir looked at Ethan with disbelieving eyes.

From his perspective, he had been slashed eight times in the blink of an eye, so it was natural that he couldn’t believe it.

Crack-!

At the same time, the great curved blade he was holding snapped in two.

“Tsk.”

But Ethan clicked his tongue.

He had thought he could execute it perfectly, but since it was his first time using the moonlight’s power, he ended up moving beyond his limits.

Perhaps because of that, his body experienced recoil and the final blow didn’t land properly.

‘My body is too strained. But it doesn’t matter. If I slash one more time at this timing, it’s over!’

As Ethan was about to swing his Frost Sword and Thunder Sword to deliver the finishing blow, his body staggered. It wasn’t a problem with his body.

It was because Samir’s unique space suddenly began to collapse.

Boom-!

With a thunderous roar, Ethan found himself back in the basement of Felix’s castle.

“!”

At the sudden turn of events, Ethan quickly searched for Samir.

“Huff…”

Samir, who had been breathing heavily, was now in front of the treasure vault door.

Creeak-!

Since Ethan had already inserted the key into the door, the vault door opened. As Samir went inside, Ethan quickly followed him into the treasure vault.

“Kukukuku-!”

Upon entering, Samir was holding something and laughing madly.

What he held in his hand was the holy relic that both Ethan and Samir had been looking for.

“It’s over now. You can’t kill me. And I will return and make your death the council’s top priority.”

Ethan swung his sword at Samir.

Swish!

But Samir was not cut.

“I am now immune to your attacks. Only this rusty sword, the holy relic, can attack me.”

Samir, having regained his composure while holding the holy relic, laughed loudly.

‘A superhuman ability?’

The 9th Apostle Samir’s hidden trump card was a superhuman ability that even Ethan didn’t know about.

‘If it’s not the holy relic, I can’t attack?’

Ethan immediately reached out and snatched the holy relic Samir was holding. Samir gave up the holy relic far too easily.

“That holy relic is cursed. No one can draw that sword.”

Samir smirked.

“It’s impossible to wield it without drawing it. But I cannot be attacked except by that sword. How will you kill me? How!?”

Samir, who had been chuckling, now began to laugh maniacally.

If that was true, the situation was essentially over. The fight could not continue.

“It’s over!”

Though he could have counterattacked, Samir didn’t readily step forward.

He thought escaping was the top priority. He had realized while crossing swords: Ethan was not an opponent he could defeat alone right now.

He needed to quickly report to the council and form an assassination squad for Ethan Whiskers.

Having made his decision, Samir immediately tried to flee past Ethan.

Since he couldn’t be attacked anyway, Samir turned his back to Ethan without any worries.

And then.

Shing.

A sound that shouldn’t have been heard was heard.

“That was an excellent choice. To think you had a superhuman ability I didn’t know about. I never expected it.”

Ethan said.

“But you picked the wrong opponent. Very much so.”

Whether it was cursed or sealed didn’t matter.

After all, Ethan could wield any weapon.

-The effect of Weapon Master activates!